Pig Heart Used in Human Transplant was Infected with Animal Virus

The Facts

• Traces of a porcine virus have been found in a patient who survived for two months after receiving a transplanted heart from a pig. Medical experts have speculated that the infection could have played a role in his death.
  

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• 57-yr-old David Bennett underwent the procedure in Jan. at the University of Maryland Medical Center. He was too ill to qualify for a human heart.
  

  Axios
• It was the first time this type of xenotransplantation had not resulted in immediate rejection.
  

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